Grant, Ulysses S.

1. A general and political leader of the nineteenth century. Grant became commanding general of the Union army during the Civil War. He accepted the unconditional surrender of the commanding general of the main Confederate army, Robert E. Lee, at Appomattox Court House. A Republican, he later became president.

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Grant, Ulysses S., 28, 89, 220.

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Grant, Ulysses S., receives votes for nomination, 1864, 132;   nominated for President, 1868 and biographical sketch, 148;   inaugurated, 156;   nominated, 1872, 160;   reinaugurated, 166;   candidate in 1880, 184;   placed in nomination, 192;   votes for, 192, 193;   his cabinets, 301.

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Grant, Ulysses S., funeral of, 108.

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Grant, Ulysses S., grave of, 490.

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Grant, Ulysses S., Cuban policy of, 108-124; favors driving French from Mexico, 227; proposes annexation of Santo Domingo, 265; on Monroe Doctrine, 324.

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